CCI Time Allocations

Timing & Conditions

Note that time allocations are in hours rather than nights. The
sky brightness and seeing constraints requested in the proposal must
be specified in the phase 2 when preparing observations. Further
details
are given here.

Programmes

From Semester 09B we introduced the concept of an observing
programme. A programme comprises one or more
individual proposals which have a common ongoing research
objective. Different PIs may have proposals within the same
programme. Target data are shared between proposals in a
programme, thereby simplifying data entry.

The simplest example of a programme is a series of similar
proposals from the same PI in successive semesters, though there are
also cases where separate proposals from multiple PIs in multiple TAGs
might collaborate to form a single programme. Target coordinates and
instrument configurations are shared between proposals in a programme,
though password controlled access to the resulting science data
remains on a proposal-by-proposal basis. The explicit concept of a
continuing programme also clarifies the date at which an observing
programme is complete and the proprietary period for the date expires.